City: I, A World Car Overlord

Chapter 73

After the supplier meeting, Hu Zhipeng was sent away, and Lin Fan plunged into the R&D room.

No way, the plasma engine is a black technology, and R&D engineers have never heard of it.

Even if they took the data given by Lin Fan, they were still at a loss, let alone build a physical engine.

Coupled with the R&D team of 300 people, the number is really small.

Among them, Xu Lao wants to take away some people to dismantle and install the production line of Deyi Country.

Zhang Kai took away a team of people to develop the Baolong electric A6.

Less than half of the R&D engineers left for Lin Fan.

In this situation, Lin Fan had no choice but to go to the battle in person.

With the end of the supplier conference, the news of Baolong’s research and development of the D-class luxury car did not go away.

Powerlong has received more than a dozen interview requests from various media, including Shacheng TV and Pingche.com.

But Lin Fan didn’t have time to blow water with them. He just let Zhang Yuan from Pingche.com enter the laboratory and accepted a brief interview without hindering Lin Fan’s work.

I can’t say it’s an interview, because Lin Fan and Zhang Yuan have a good relationship. They are not very different in age, share common hobbies, and become buddies once they come and go.

Zhang Yuan was also shocked when he learned that Lin Fan was going to develop a D-segment car. His suggestion was similar to that of Hu Zhipeng, hoping that Lin Fan would enter the A-segment car market.

Judging from the suggestions of the two people, their ideas actually represent the aspirations of many people and the Chinese car companies to a certain extent.

Because of the outstanding performance of Baolong electric MPV and Baolong electric A4 in the micro-face and B-class car market, Tianchao car companies and the public have seen hope, and only Baolong electric vehicles can strengthen foreign auto brands.

The A-class and B-class car market is the main battlefield of Sun State-owned car companies.

The B-segment car market has the Baolong electric A4 carrying the banner.

But the A-class car market does not exist to compete with it.

Tianchao’s new car companies were overwhelmed by their suppression.

But when Zhang Yuan understood 29 Lin Fan’s thoughts and intentions, he also expressed his understanding.

If the Baolong brand only makes waves in the low-end market, the national brand will never escape criticism from the low-end market.

Only when the high-end brand is well-known can the people be truly proud and the value of the Baolong brand can also be enhanced.

It’s just that the electric assembly technology with independent intellectual property rights has been developed, and only two series of brands have been launched, but they have to get involved in the D-segment car market dominated by DE and BMW. Zhang Yuan also gave Lin Fan a pinch. Put sweat.

However, seeing Lin Fan’s confident look, the research and development team’s enthusiasm for work, and the science-fiction plasma engine technology, Zhang Yuan was still shocked.

Whether it is out of national sentiment or out of the Baolong electric A8 itself, Zhang Yuan hopes that Lin Fan, like the previous two times, will play the power of the Baolong brand and push the D-segment car market horizontally…

As a result, a piece of news about Baolong’s electric A8 entering the D-segment car market was posted on the homepage of Pingche.com, and was quickly reprinted, causing a sensation in the entire car media network.

“Hey, Baolong is going to make trouble again!”

“It can only be said that Mr. Lin is so powerful that he actually aimed at the D-class luxury car market.”

“Baolong electric vehicles push the micro-face and B-segment car market horizontally, and it will definitely explode in the D-segment car market.””Ms. Lin didn’t play the card according to common sense. He first jumped from the micro face to the B-class, and now he bypassed the C-class and went straight to the D-class car.”

“What the hell is the plasma engine? It seems to be different from the driving mode of A4 and A6. It has a sci-fi feel.”

“From the introduction of the plasma engine, its performance is much stronger than that of the V10 and W12 engines. Isn’t that a crash?”

“Look at those sprayers, who said that I don’t have a powerful engine in the big world, don’t let Mr. Lin swell your face.”

“Plasma motor, aluminum alloy body, full-time four-wheel drive, bicycle cost 1.5 million, who can say that it is not a luxury car.”

“I’ve long thought that Mr. Lin would go to high-end development. I didn’t expect to come so fast. Although I can’t afford it, I will call 666.”

This report really brought good news to countless riders.

Domestic car companies need a high-performance luxury car too much to support themselves.

After the market performance of Baolong electric MPV and Baolong electric A4, few people have doubted the performance of plasma engines.

However, sprayers can always find an excuse for spraying, and of course there are undeniable and sufficient reasons.

“It’s a joke for a car company that makes a van to build a D-class luxury car.”

“Make your civilian car well, not everyone can make a D-class luxury car.”

“In addition to performance, D-class luxury cars also depend on brand value and influence. Does Baolong have it?”

“To put it bluntly, people who buy a D-class luxury car are not bad for money. What they want is a status symbol. Does the A8 have it?”

As soon as these remarks came out, those car fans who supported the Baolong electric A8 and the national brand were angry, but they have to admit that these sprays also make sense.

Luxury cars, especially D-class luxury cars, are no longer just a car, but a status symbol.

For example, your family is in a rural area and you are looked down upon by the villagers. This makes you feel very uncomfortable.

So you worked hard, got ahead, and drove a D-class luxury car back to the village.

Everything will change, and those who look down on you will come to kneel and add you.

For another example, you are ugly, frustrated and old.

But as long as you drive a D-class luxury car.

You can still hug left and right…

With the vigorous publicity of Pingche.com, the successive reprints of various car media, and the advocacy and anti-spraying of netizens, the Baolong Electric A8 project quickly spread throughout the automotive industry.

Those foreign car companies that have lost a large market share due to the sudden emergence of the Baolong electric A4 have also stepped up. They either used their own channels or directly made official voices to sing down the Baolong electric A8.

The president of Audi Tianchao Branch declared in an interview with the media:

“Baolong has indeed achieved some results in the van and B-segment car market, but it has expanded as a result. It is ridiculous to enter the D-segment luxury car market!”

Mercedes-Benz Tianchao branch spoke through the Queen’s car media:

“The popularity and brand effect of a car company takes a long time of historical precipitation and user experience to form. Just like Mercedes-Benz, it took more than a hundred years of extreme pursuits to achieve today’s status, and Baolong has What? What is the so-called, self-righteous car black branch?”

The heads of luxury cars of the two companies, Baolai and Alto, also stood up to support the remarks of Mercedes-Benz and Audi.

“For luxury car brands, powerful performance and ultimate experience are important, but brand recognition and brand recognition are equally important to the user’s identity. For the Baolong electric A8, I am sorry, I think they are lacking in these aspects.”

“An electric car company that produces vans, because it has achieved a little bit of success, is very ambitious, and claims to build luxury cars, and it is a D-class luxury car. IMHO, I don’t think they have this ability.”

The collective bad-mouthing of these big companies and car companies, and the various screams made the car fans who support the Baolong electric A8 very uncomfortable, but they still left a message in the forum:

“Damn it, I hope Baolong Electric A8 will be developed and launched soon, and I will go back with a slap in the face.”

“No matter what, Baolong, come on, we will silently support you behind your back.”

“I hope our national brand can rise, Baolong, come on!”

……

Beijing, the headquarters of Acura Tianchao District.

The senior officials of the company were called together, and they were studying the sales and advertising plan for the new model Acura.

Acura is a high-end brand of Honda, and it is an important part of Honda’s globalization strategy.

Acura has been officially launched on the market schedule after two years of research and development and upgrading.

Although the Acura brand has not been established for a long time, relying on the craftsmanship of Sun Guoren, the Acura series models are positioned on a practical and high-end route, and they have achieved relatively good performance in the free country market.

Because of the rapid development of the economic form of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire has surpassed a free country and became the world’s largest car market.

With the continuous innovation of the Acura brand, seven or eight years ago, it was officially launched into the booming Chinese market.

Vigorous marketing strategy, and constantly spend huge sums of money to hire image spokespersons for advertising bombardment.

Acura successfully developed its own brand market.

In the past few years, I have made a lot of blood for the group.

Therefore, the launch of Acura’s new model, Acura, received the attention of Honda’s head office, and Honda’s hero Tanaka Keno was sent as the president of Acura Celestial District.

Acura’s starting price is 790,000 celestial coins, but its core model is the flagship model equipped with the famous LX88V engine and priced at 1.98 million.

Such a price is actually quite close to the people in the D-class luxury car market.

The reason for the price is not only because Honda started as an economic model, but also because in the Chinese market, the D-class luxury car market is dominated by BMW.

BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz X-Class, Audi A8 and so on, these brands just pull out one, its brand value and influence are so much stronger than Acura.

Therefore, Acura attaches great importance to the launch of this new model, and hopes that with this luxury model that has taken the company’s R&D engineers two years of hard work, it will have a hard time with the big men of the Department and BMW in the Tianchao market.

Acura originally went on as planned, but suddenly, there was a hurricane of “Baolong Electric A8” on the news and the Internet.

It’s fine for Internet users to pinch each other, but Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Alto and other bigwigs from BMW have all stepped up to slander the Baolong electric A8.

This makes Tanaka very depressed.

In front of the big guys in the department and BMW, Acura has always been humble and regards himself as a younger brother.

Now that the big guys have spoken, shouldn’t his little brother also beep, otherwise there is no sense of existence.

The most important thing is that after the launch of the Baolong electric A4, Yiqi Juechen directly compared the sales ranking of Honda Dad, and even robbed part of the Honda B-segment market share.Robbing people for money is like killing a parent. This is a big hatred.

But Acura is a little brother after all, so you still have to be cautious when speaking.

Therefore, Ken Tanaka summoned all the senior officials of Acura.

While discussing the sales plan, I also want to sing down a wave of Baolong electric A8, and use this to raise its brand status.

“Mr. Tanaka, I don’t think we have any need to compete with the Baolong electric A8. It is a derogation of our Acura brand.”

“Although Baolong has a little bit of work in the B-level market, it is only a small company that makes economical electric vehicles, and it is not at the same level as our Acura.”

“I agree with the two managers. Baolong does not have the craftsmanship of our Dahe nation, nor the rigorous style of the proud Chinese. I can’t imagine what the D-class car they made is.”

Acura’s senior officials hardly took Baolong in their eyes.

Acura is a big brand under Honda, and what is Baolong?

Baolong is just a nouveau riche who relied on the Mitsubishi 747 to provide engine assemblies, started producing vans, and accidentally developed electric assembly technology.

Senior officials believe that there is no comparability between the two.

But Tanaka was obviously dissatisfied with these remarks.

He has worked for Honda’s head office for most of his life.

He also served as the president of the Honda brand branch in Datianchao District.

Therefore, his understanding of the celestial dynasty is not comparable to these young people.

Ken Tanaka gently knocked on the table and said, “Everyone, although Baolong is a small company, their general manager Lin Fan is a genius.”

“He has developed graphene batteries, electric assembly technology, and has also ventured into material technology. Now he has developed plasma engine technology. We should not despise him.”

“Although we are still not sure about the actual performance and authenticity of the plasma engine, he dares to use it as the heart of a D-class luxury car, and it shouldn’t be too bad…”

Although he disagrees with what Tanaka Jinnan said, the old man is the president of the Datianchao District after all, and the senior officials are not having much to say.

After listening to Tanaka’s words, one of the senior officials asked: “Mr. Tanaka, since you are so fond of Baolong’s upcoming D-class luxury car, do you have any decisions we need to implement?”

Ken Tanaka nodded and increased his tone: “Gentlemen, I repeat again. The Heavenly Dynasty is a magical country. We can’t underestimate any opponent. Now I ask you to follow my instructions.”

“First of all, I have made some changes to Acura’s new car launch plan. In addition to increasing the inventory of the 4S store, I also need to advance the time of advertising operations…”

Hearing that the advertising operation time is advanced, someone immediately objected: “Mr. Tanaka, the advertising operation time is advanced, which means that we will spend more financial support. For such an unknown opponent, is it worth it?”

Jinnan Tanaka stared at him, and other people who were also opposed to it dared not speak.

Ken Tanaka continued: “I have already decided. I will report to the headquarters regarding the advertising support. You don’t need to worry about this. Just do it as I said.”

After a pause, he said: “In addition, while we value our opponents, we must also strengthen our courage. Therefore, the fishing vessel-oriented work must continue to be strengthened.”

“In short, we must pay enough attention to our opponents, and we must strike at them without losing the opportunity.”

On the day of the meeting, Acura’s spokesperson expressed his views on the news of Baolong’s launch of the D-class luxury car in a certain car media.

[We don’t know how Baolong is positioning the D-class luxury car, perhaps relative to the electric cars of Tesla and BYD…].